Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.
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21,172 projects harvested so far — page 176 of 424.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization | Last updated | Potential ⓘ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Trade Space Evaluation through Multiphysics Design and Optimization | Completed | 3 | Multiscale, Multiphysics, and Multifidelity Simulation | Carnegie Mellon University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ionic Liquid Epoxy for Joining of Cryofluids Handling Plumbing | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of a Novel Receiver for Coherent Communications | Completed | 4 | Optical Communications | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electrically-Controlled Extinguishable Solid Propellant | Completed | 4 | Solids | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-capacity Free-space Optical Communications with Orbital Angular Momentum | Completed | 3 | Optimetrics | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Towards GPU-Accelerated Flow Solvers for Planetary Entry | Completed | — | Atmosphere Characterization | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Electric Sail Propulsion Test and Validation | Completed | 3 | — | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Computational Design of an Additive Manufacturing Process to Produce Tailorable, Multifunctional Gradient Alloys | Completed | 3 | Manufacturing Processes | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Tactile Sensing and Control for Space Applications | Completed | 3 | Sensing for Robotic Systems | Stanford University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| GPGPU Parallel SPIN Model Checker | Completed | 3 | Software Modeling and Model Checking | Stony Brook University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Human Forward Contamination Assessment of EVA and ECLSS Systems, Year 2 | Completed | 6 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Efficiency Feedhorn-Coupled Detector Arrays to Enable Next-Generation Space-Based CMB Polarization Missions | Completed | 4 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Highly Organized Multi-agent Enclosure (HOME) | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| MOSAIC: Miniature Optical Steered Antenna for Intersatellite Communication | Completed | 4 | Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking Techniques and Technologies | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Spectre | Completed | 4 | Propulsion Systems | Marshall Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Pulsed Laser Spectroscopies for Investigating Questions of Astrobiology | Completed | 3 | Environment Sensors | Harvard University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Polarized Microwave Background Technologies for Inflationary Gravitational Wave Detection | Completed | 3 | Detectors and Focal Planes | Johns Hopkins University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Advanced Single Phase Thermal Radiator for Moon-to-Mars Exploration | Completed | 2 | Thermal Management Systems | Center Independent Research & Development: MSFC IRAD | 2025-12-18 | — |
| EDL Model Validation | Completed | 7 | — | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Solid State Air Purification System | Completed | 3 | Atmosphere Revitalization | eSionic Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Carbothermal Reactor Risk Reduction Testing and Analytical Model Development (CR3-SBIR PH3) | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Sierra Nevada Corporation | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Explicable Planning and Replanning for Human-in-the-loop Decision Support | Completed | 4 | Activity and Resource Planning and Scheduling | Arizona State University-Tempe | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High-Efficiency Solid Oxide Fuel Cell / Turbogenerator Hybrid Electric Propulsion System | Completed | 4 | Electrochemical Storage: Fuel Cells | — | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Metabolic Cost Approach to Characterizing Advanced Spacesuit Mobility | Completed | 4 | Surface Mobility | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Resilient Independent Propulsive ControlledOn-orbit Recovery Device (RIPCORD) | Completed | 6 | Passive Reentry Systems for SmallSats | — | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Fast multilevel multi-phase CFD-nodal model for cryogenic applications | Completed | 4 | In-Space Propellant Storage and Use | Florida State University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low mass, low power, non-mechanical excavation of gypsum and other evaporites for water production on Mars | Completed | 4 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Michigan Technological University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Software Architecture and Operations Infrastructure Testbed for V&V of Autonomous Systems | Completed | 3 | Engineering and Integrity | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Image-Based Relative Navigation for Autonomous Space Exploration | Active | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Next-Generation Mars Network Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for Future Robotic and Human Explorers | Completed | 3 | Network-Provided Position, Navigation, and Timing | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 2025-12-18 | — |
| PIAA-Vortex Coronagraph: Towards the Next Level of Performance for Exoplanet Imaging | Completed | 2 | Optical Components | Ames Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Low hysteresis shape memory alloys for mechanical actuation and thermal management systems | Active | 2 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Advancing Next Generation Microshutter Arrays for Future Astronomical Space-Based Observatories | Completed | 5 | Electronics and Optics Manufacturing Processes | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Modeling the In-Space Manufacturing of Large, Lightweight Structures with Robotic Deformation Processing | Active | 2 | Manufacturing Processes | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2025-12-18 | High |
| Large-Area, High-Efficiency Diffractive Optics for Solar Imaging, Year 2 | Completed | 4 | Optical Components | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| High Mobility, High Life Wheels for Mars | Completed | 4 | — | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Examination of In-Depth Pyrolytic Coking Effects on Porous Carbon Preform Material | Completed | 2 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Ultralight Lattice-based Materials for Multifunctional Space Structures | Completed | 4 | Lightweight Structural Materials | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Tactile Communications | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| EDL Architecture Study | Completed | — | Architecture Design and Analysis | Langley Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Next Generation Life Support (NGLS): High Performance EVA Glove Technology Development (HPEG) | Completed | 4 | Logistics Management | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Continuum-Kinetic Hybrid Framework for Chemically Reacting Flows | Completed | 3 | Integrated Modeling and Simulation for EDL | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune's Captured Kuiper Belt Object | Completed | 3 | Electrothermal Propulsion | Glenn Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| SonicSonde: Instrumentation for a Tethered Atmospheric Sensor Suite System, Year 1 (SonicSonde) | Completed | — | Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems | Armstrong Flight Research Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Development of Optics and Detectors for Advanced CMB Polarization Measurements | Completed | 3 | Mirror Systems | Cornell University | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Space-Borne Ultra Low Noise Clock | Completed | 4 | Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors | Goddard Space Flight Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| RNCP: A Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm for NASA Space Exploration | Completed | 3 | Integrated Flight Operations Systems | Purdue University-Main Campus | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Optimizing Experiments for Characterizing Pressure Related Facility Effects on High-Power Hall Thruster Testing | Completed | 2 | Electrostatic Propulsion | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Compact Termination for Structural Soft-goods | Completed | 4 | — | Johnson Space Center | 2025-12-18 | — |
| Characterization of a Green Solid Electric Propellant for Electric Propulsion | Completed | 3 | Solids | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 2025-12-18 | — |
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